Likewise, I bought an Ozito hedge trimmer about 10 years back and it is still cutting hedges. I've used it to the point of abusing it at times. It was very cheap and in the bargain basement bin as a discontinued model. I reckon that hedge trimmer has paid for itself a hundred times over. When I first bought it everybody kept telling me it was rubbish and would only last a few months. Well it proved them wrong. As for Ozito mowers, I do tend to agree with others that they are crap. Every time I go through the old mowers at the dump, I see more than a few Ozitos and nobody touches them.